CCWS - A to Z of Caithness Places - Wick

Wick Radio closed in June 2000 , there are now NO BT Coastal Stations at all in service. There is some Navtex but that is no longer part of BT and is now done by the Coastguards. The Wick Radio Station was controlled by British Telecom but ceased to manned a couple of years ago when automation came along. The masts are still in use and equipment is all automated and controlled from Stonehaven Radio Station. A whole section of former equipment is setup in the Wick Heritage Centre. A typewriter with capital letters only used for telegrams was given many years ago by James Wylie Begg for his children to play with and was subsequently donated to the museum by Bill Fernie. Staff employed were probably at highest levels during the two wars and in more recent times during the sixties and seventies dealing with increased radio traffic from fishing boats and the north sea oil rigs.
The original Building	British Telecom The current owners/operators
The rear of the building showing later extensions	From the front entrance gate
The view up Newton Hill From outside the Main Gate	A view across the road showing one of several very high masts
House within the grounds A private residence	Newton Road from outside the gate
As it was in 1913 The Wireless Telegraphy Station, Wick A postcard sent in by Mrs Maureen Materi, Canada From her collection on the Miller Family Hear Wick Radio Station Morse at Coastal Radio Stations Web Site